Very well done illustrated edition

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	• The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown Anchor, 2006 - 496 pages average customer review:based on 3864 reviews view larger image
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The Da Vinci Code: GREAT!!

It keeps you in suspense, with many twists and turns, right until the end. The author's vast knowledge of religion and art history certainly lend to the suspense and makes The Da Vinci Code stand out from other books in this genre. Have an art history book on hand when you read it - and maybe a bible and the Internet, too. Have fun!

An Excellent Mystery

An esteemed curator of the Louvre is found is found dead. Clues and tantalizing hints are everywhere. Will historian Robert Langdon solve the murder and save an ancient organization's secret in time? This is the plot of the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The Da Vinci Code is a phenomenal novel that has a great mystery/drama sense that chnged my views about many places, facts, and historical figures. More specifically, it has a number of random facts, more true facts that I think I have seen in a fictional book in my entire life. Secondly, this book holds a lot of interesting information about Da Vinci both good and bad. Another influence involved in feading this book is the change of view on geography. Many areas/landmarks that were talked about in the book modified my specific views about them. As for audiences, I don't think that many people would dislike this book, except for those who don't like a thorough. I would recommend this book to all audiences, except the younger ones. More specifically, this book would appeal to those who love fact and fiction jumbled together. This book definately has plenty of that. Other appreciative audiences might include mystery and intrigue enjoyers. Also, readers of books by Agatha Christie can surely say that they'll enjoy this book. The Da Vinci Code has the same amount of hidden mystery and intrigue. I can surely say that I enjoyed it. Regarding the four star rating that I gave earlier, I am sure that judging by the positive review, many people would think that I would give a higher rating. The one thing that I did not enjoy about this book was the ending. I considered it inconclusive and flat. Besides that, I consider The Da Vinci Code an excellent and worthwhile read.

Reviewed by: Mr.M

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Pretty good, on its terms

I wanted to become the final person on the planet to read this book since September 2005 when it became the source of a spirited discussion between fellow Gulf Coast volunteers about Christianity and history. Then, when the movie came out, I made a pact with my friend Kelly that we would read both read it, then go to the movie and talk about it.

First off - yes, it's a page-turner. Kelly described it as "like crack (not that I've tried crack)," and stayed up to the wee hours on workdays unable to put it down. I read it 40 pages at a time, which is roughly 20 pages more than I can usually read in one sitting.

The history behind it - well, it's probably shaky. I would tend to side with the book against all its Christian detractors, but that probably says more about my disdain for fundamentalist zealots than my belief in the book's claims. I think most people's beef is with the epigraph he includes, which basically says that while the plot is fiction the historical basis is true. This is itself a little arrogant, being as Brown didn't even know much about the Priory of Sion or Opus Dei before the year or two of research he did for this book. Personally, I put this on the same level with the Coen Brothers' assertion at the beginning of Fargo that it was a true story - a plot device to ellicit reader trust and empathy for the characters. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Whatever it was, it worked for me. I bit Brown's historical revisionism hook, line and sinker (a little foreshadowing for my next review), mainly because he is a master plot architect. In terms of twists and revelations, he knows when to hold 'em and he knows when to fold 'em.
I think maybe the greatest reason for all the flak from the church about The Da Vinci Code comes down to the fact that the book is an excellent piece of creative myth-making, and the church don't need no new myths - the old ones have done them just fine so far. Stephen Pinker in The Language Instinct repeats the old adage that language is just dialect with an army; I would say the same comparison could be made between religion and myth. Every religion starts as myth, hardens with time and statute into doctrine, then claims itself as truth, beyond doubt or question. The Da Vinci Code, if nothing else, is one big meaty question, wrapped in a brain-candy plot.

About the movie - IT SUCKS. Big time. It forgets the big question in favor of rushing through the major plot points, and ends up more a summary than an adaptation. I actually took a call outside the theater halfway through the movie, balanced my checkbook, and could tell exactly what was about to happen in the movie when I returned a half-hour later. It does take the liberty of changing the ending, a silly choice that I was left wondering why, and not in a good way.

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Great Book!

Listened to this book on CD during a great road trip - fantastic book, never boring, highly recommend!

Very well done illustrated edition

Unless you are a student of art history, the omnipresent imagery of the DaVinci Code can be overwhelming. I can envision the Mona Lisa, but who can visualize all the locations and artwork described in the book?

This is a very well done illustrated edition of the book. Many hundreds of illustrations, often more than one per page. Highly recommended if you want to read the DaVinci Code.

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